Shell band for hubs



(No Model.)

MARIS. SHELL BAND FOR HUBS.

No. 364,122. Patented May 31, 1887;

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UNITED STATES JARED MARIS,

PATENT OFFICE,

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE B. S. B. COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

SHELL BAND FOR HUBS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,122, dated May 31,1887. Application filed August 4, I856. Serial No. 209,992. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

' Be it known that I, JARED MARIS, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shell Bands for Wheel-Hubs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inv the art to which it appertain to make and use the same. 7

My invention relates to an improvemcntin shell bands for wheel-hubs. v

The object is to provide a shell band which shall form a firm support for the hub ends of the spokes,and which shall have a taper finish on the end, and at the same time be capable of being driven onto the hub from one end and form a nice finish at both the inner and outer ends of the hub.

With these ends in View my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a central longitudinal section of the through the line as 00 of Fig. 1.

A represents the wood portion of a hub provided with a central bore, B, for the reception of the axle-spindle, or a box to form a bearing for the spindle.

a represents the end of the hub toward the body of the vehicle or inner end, and a represents the outer end.

0 represents the shell band. It is provided with a series of spoke-sockets, 0, arranged in zigzag order, the sockets extending to a depth sufficient to form a firm support for the ends of the spokes to be inserted therein, and the metal at the ends of the sockets c, which extend farthest toward the inner end, a, of the hub and at the endsof the sockets c, which ex tend farthest toward the outer end, a, of the hub, is formed as thick as the sockets are deep, forming thin metallic walls D at the ends of the sockets, and also forming continuous metallic shoulders at d completely around the inner surface of the shell band. From the shoulders d d the shell band extends inwardly toward the end a in the form of a thin band, E, wide or narrow, as may befound desirable, and outwardly toward the end a in a thin gradually-contracted end, 6.

The wood portion of the hub is reduced to a diameter about equal to that of the interior E, of the band willoverlap the larger wooden portion to a greater or lesser degree, according to its width, and ,the inner shouldend, will abut firmly and snugly against the shoulder formed by reducing the wooden hub, while the reduced end eof the band will tightly ho a portion 'of the reduced end F.

v It is evident that the metal might be carried out from the shoulder d toward the contracted end of the band in solid form, and that the spoke-sockets might be made to extend inwardly from the inside faces of the walls D, the reduced portion of the hub being -grooved to receive them, and other slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the construction herein set forth.

I am aware that it is not new to put a band on a wheel-hub from the inner end and cause it to abut against an offset in the hub; but by putting it on from the smaller or outer end I am enabled to employ a much deeper metal socket for the spokes.

I am also aware thatitis notnew to provide a band with a thickened central portion,'and that a hub provided with a peripheral shoulder at one end and having a reduced portion at the other end is not new; but in all such cases the band is made to fit the entiresurface covered by same, necessitating more care and labor in the fabrication of the parts.

Having fully described my invention, what I claimasnew, and desire to secure by Letters portion projecting inwardly from the inner Patent, is face of the band and resting against the outer The combination, with the body of the hub surface of the hub body, substantially as set having a cylindrical central portion and a reforth. v I 5 duced end, of a metallic band adapted to be In testimony whereof I have signed this passed onto the hub-body over said reduced specification in the presence of two subscribend,'0ne end of said band closely embracing ing witnesses.

the reduced end of the hub, and the central JARED MARIS. portion being thicker than the end portions Witnesses: IO and provided with a series of spoke-sockets JOHN S. GROIIE,

arranged in stagger order, the said thickened )GEO. H. P. SIMMONS. 

